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capable of moving up into a foreman's position. There are eighteen (18) Laborer A's and three (3) Laborer B's. If this is the case then there would be potentially twenty-one (21) candidates not including any temporary appointee to take the examination. The Chairman's suggestions after talking to Pat Ramsey is to have both a written examination and an assessment center held the same day. Mrs. Ramsey provided a schedule to Mr. Ubaldi for reference; this was for a hypothetical situation. The written examination would start at 8:00 am; there would be a certain amount of time to grade the examination; the top scores then can be brought in to an assessment center. In the past, the Commission has used the top five (5) candidates. A general discussion commenced regarding the written examination; promotional testing; a few employees expressed interest in the examination. The Chairman explained the written examination process. All candidates would participate in the written examination at a testing location; the written examinations would be scored; those who failed would be disqualified from the oral assessment; the top number that the Commission decides will be involved in the oral assessment. The oral assessment may involve simulations of real world experiences; characteristics of administration, leadership, conflict and management. The candidates interact with professionals and are graded. Within a week the scores are tallied; the written examination and oral assessment are weighted per the Commission's discretion, add extra credit and seniority and then the top.candidate would be appointed. The way it has been done with the Police is that the testing company interviewed the chief and discussed the institution. The testing company used three (3) assessors. A general discussion followed concerning entry-level and promotional examinations; classified and un -classified. The Commission concluded previously that the Service Foreman position is testable and is promotional. When there is a promotional examination, whoever is number one is the winner according to the City's Charter which deviates from State Law. A time line was suggested for the Service Foreman examination. Send a Letter of Intent to Laborers A and B on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 with a deadline of Friday, September 26th; on October 1St, the announcement is distributed; by then Pat Ramsey should have discussed the reference choices with the Service Director. The examination date is scheduled for November 15"'; the written examination will be in the morning and then the top candidates move on to an oral assessment. Within a week, the examinations will be graded; a special meeting will be held to announce the results and the Service Director will have a candidate for the Road Foreman position by Thanksgiving. The Chairman suggested the weight will be 50% for the written examination and 50% for the oral assessment; the passing score for both will be 70% for each. A general discussion followed regarding the top five (5) candidates going on to the oral assessment; inadequate performance reviews; seniority credit; tie breaker information should be pre -determined and established before hand; a tie breaker for the written examination could be the order in which the candidate completes the written examination; seniority credit would be detrimental; ranking of the oral assessment. The Chairman suggested including the following language in the posting: "In the event of a tie following the addition of the weighted scores, the candidate whose oral assessment score is higher, or if necessary, the candidate whose performance in the oral assessment is in the opinion of the testing company superior, shall receive the higher ranking." Mr. Ubaldi made a motion to hold a Service Foreman Examination as per the above stated details on Saturday, November 15, 2008. Mr. Hohmann seconded the motion and unanimously approved. V. NEW BUSINESS: